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(CNN)A prominent Jordanian writer who shared an anti-ISIS cartoon that
outraged some Muslim groups was fatally shot in Amman on Sunday, state news
agency Petra reported.
Nahed Hattar, a member of the country's Christian minority, was shot three
times outside a courthouse in the capital.
Public Security Department personnel, who were near the scene of the attack,
rushed Hattar to a nearby hospital, but he died from his injuries, Petra
reported.
The security forces arrested the attacker and an investigation is underway,
Petra reported.
Hattar, a political commentator and columnist, was jailed last month after
sharing a controversial cartoon on Facebook that prompted an outcry from
various Muslim groups.
He faced charges of ''inciting sedition,'' according to a state media report
at the time.
The cartoon, intended to ridicule ISIS beliefs, depicted a bearded man in
bed with two women in heaven as he instructs God to serve him wine and food.
Hours after sharing the cartoon, Hattar explained it was intended to
criticize the distorted view of heaven held by ISIS, according to Randa
Habib, Amnesty International's regional director for the Middle East and
North Africa.
"No one listened," she tweeted after his killing Sunday.
The slain writer was "a controversial figure because of his blunt positions
and passionate ideas. His killing is a low criminal act," she wrote.
Hattar had also attracted controversy for writing articles in support of
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
A gag order issued by Jordan's attorney general in August prevented coverage
of the case.
The Prime Minister's office in Jordan denounced the killing on its official
Twitter page Sunday.
Government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said he was confident the person
responsible for "this ignominious crime" would receive "just punishment."
Jordan is a leading Arab member of the US-led coalition fighting ISIS in
neighboring Syria and Iraq, carrying out airstrikes against the terror group
and hosting coalition troops on its soil. | d******y
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: (CNN)A prominent Jordanian writer who shared an anti-ISIS cartoon that
: outraged some Muslim groups was fatally shot in Amman on Sunday, state news
: agency Petra reported.
: Nahed Hattar, a member of the country's Christian minority, was shot three
: times outside a courthouse in the capital.
: Public Security Department personnel, who were near the scene of the attack,
: rushed Hattar to a nearby hospital, but he died from his injuries, Petra
: reported.
: The security forces arrested the attacker and an investigation is underway,
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